Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-06-04
MURDERER OR MADMAN.
A STRANGE, HORRIBLE CRIME IN PARIS.
Tho Terrible Vengeance Of Discarded
Lover-An Innocent Man, Accused Of the
Butchery, Commits Suicide

tTransla,ed for Tie Cincinnati Engui,s from tn
French Of Guy DeMsupssssnI by y. C. wsggener
do YOU remember" said b.. the cele
trated advocate, to me, the other night
- tragedy that was developed in the
Court of Assizes some ten years ago,
when one Of the most beautiful and
celebrated actresses OF Paris was muir
dered, presumably by her lover. Baron
Megly, youth scarcely twenty-five
years of age. 1t made y terrible eX-
element at the time, for he was alone
with ClotiIde-she had sent away her
femme de chambre for the evening
( and he swore that when he awakened
in the morning. he found her lying BY
his side, bathed in blood, and with a
dagger planted in her bosom. In spite
Of this, however, and Of his persistent
assertions of innocence, he was arrest
ed. and given a preliminary hearing
before the tribunal in 1856, but poison
Ell himself before the case came to trial
for fear of conviction.
well, key to the enigma is believ-
cd to have been found in the revela-
lions. or rather the note-book, of q
mailman, who. after years of treatment
still alternates between bursts of furi-
Gus rage and sulen, stolid silence. The
story is a strange one," Is continued,
land goes to show
THE FATAL NATURE OF THE PATH
TrOdden b. Partisan youths
However. the diary was only placed
in my hands to obtain if possible, y
lega, opinion of the mans moral as well
rs legal responsibility: in other words.
this Raoul de c. will be taken from
the asylum to the guillotine should nv
descision coincide with the physician ),
that if the murderer as he is now
considered to be, is at times, and was
when the murder was done, a reason
Ing and rational being, regarding him
with the eyes of the law and from the
standpoint of the physicians expert.
ence with him, he should paw with his
own life for the life which he took, and
for the other one which he was equally
instrumental in taking. Everything
hinges upon the actual mental condi-
ton Of this man when he struck the
blow. Did he or did he not really be-
lieye in the condition of things (the
Importance As well rs impossiblity of
dec ding this you can see for YOURSELF
rs stated BY him on the evening of the
crime. and described by him in the
notes Of this diary? Was is 1t a genu-
inc hallucination under which he labor
ell on the night in question, a mental
obliquty absolute and sincere, or n
man well and boldly conceived. led I'D
to conversational denouement by the
natural accidents of conviyial gather
ing. aud for the purpose of ayerting
suspicion BY the reckless frankness of
his course?
Perhaps. believe, he intended to
create doubt of his sanity. but listen
and tell me what you think" And B.
proceeded to unfold and adjust the
leaves of memoranda which he had |
taken from drawer at his side.
"Mons. de C.'s dairy" said lie. .be- |
ginning on the evening of the crime. /.
and corroborated in detail BY several of /
Mons. de C.'s companions and guests;
but shall give it to you as l arranged
II for the sake of convenience in the |
form of narrative"